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Minus the arrow and in better quality than mine. :)

My fathers family lived at 47 Bordesley Green Road for many, many years. This picture was passed to me, I have no idea what year it was taken, but I thought it might be of interest to others. If you look closely - you can see an arrow pointing at one of the houses - that was the family home...

Greetings one and all... I hope you are all staying well in these strange times. I am aware that another Wenman Street thread exists and I have had a look at it before posting here. My mothers family lived in Mount Terrace and Wenman Street, before moving to Langstone Road in the late 1930s...

I also recall that there was a fishing tackle shop close by that was also demolished at the same time my father's old shop was - I am sure my father said that the owner of the tackle shop had been asked to name the new road that was to be built (why him I have no idea) and because he was a...

Thanks Radiorails - Was going to ask if your 1980's was a typo as I have a letter that confirmed his licence in Jan 1965. Anyway, after he sold the shoe shop he worked nights as a HGV driver with the Post Office, the early arrival home on some mornings allowed him to run the net for countries...

Thank you all for your fabulous replies. He was indeed an Amateur Radio enthusiast and frequently ran a 'network' for those people wishing to get a QSL card from an operator in a 'rare' country. The comment from RobT correlates with a now very old letter that I have, dated 1958 where my...

Greetings, My first time here, so please forgive me if I have asked this question in the wrong thread. My father S F Wheeler had a shoe repair shop on Bordesley Green. The shop is no longer there and was demolished to make way for what is now Pikewater Road. I'm trying to put a book together...